Chicagoans have a hard time admitting the ’burbs have something we don’t, and now that John des Rosiers has opened a branch of his carryout operation, Wisma, in the French Market—well, that’s one less thing city folk need to worry about. Wisma’s got des Rosiers’s silky soups, hearty sandwiches and sensible entrées (salmon with quinoa), all of it delicious, all of it made with a nod toward sustainability, and all of it priced as if it were being sold in Lake Bluff. Which, of course, it is. 131 N Clinton St (312-382-1805).

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